Limb morphology, bipedal gait, and the energetics of hominid locomotion

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 345-355

  Steudel, Karen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Bipedalism; Early hominids; Energetics; Limb Morphology; Locomotor efficiency

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; ENERGY TRANSFER; GAIT; HOMINID; LIMB; LOCOMOTION; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; RUNNING; WALKING;

ANIMALS; BODY MASS INDEX; EXTREMITIES; GAIT; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; LOCOMOTION;

EID: 0030021543     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8644(199602)99:2<345::AID-AJPA9>3.0.CO;2-X     Document Type: Review

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